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Male tufted social velvet spider, Stegodyphus tibialis, Eresidae

Photographed in India by vipinbaliga

Long-necked shining fungus beetle, Diatelium wallacei, Scaphidiinae

Photo 1 taken in Borneo by isabetabug

Here’s one with a quick bg too:

Screenshot of a CNN article:

The headline reads "An invasive species now has a new name to replace ethnic slur"

By Kristen Rogers, CNN

Updated 3:19 PM EST, Fri March 04, 2022

Article contains an embedded image, id: An adult spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) sits on a leaf. /End embedded id

(CNN) The scientists who have been working on changing an invasive moth's common name, which included an ethnic slur, have made their decision.

Previously known as "g slur moth," the species Lymantria dispar is now "spongy moth," according to the Entomological Society of America, which makes the Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List, an essential database for anyone working with insects.

Note: the article contains the actual slur, replaced here as "g slur" in the screenshot.

A fossilized spider, found in goethite rock in New South Wales, Australia, and dating to the Miocene Epoch, 15 million years ago.

Metalmark butterflies in the genus Anteros

Found from Mexico down through Central America and into South America

Photo 1 by Andreas Kay, 2 by gregory_nielsen, 3 by jaspersail, 4-5 by rogerritt, 6-7 by associazione_lepidotterologica_italiana, 8 by gregordz, 9 by eduardo_axel, and 10 by lilavander

Bonus caterpillar, Anteros acheus:

@phoebastria submitted: I just went to a reptile expo and this one booth had dairy cow isopods ON A TINY DAIRY FARM 😭😭